Tag Archives: runners

We run and ride and swim. And then we drink. Sometimes too much.

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth In the summer before starting college the group of guys that ran together and hung together began plotting a major league blowout party for an end-of-summer sendoff. We all got blotto. Drunk. Falling down stupefied. And maybe … Continue reading →

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August Answers

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

August Answers By Christopher Cudworth There’s an audio joke that involves chirping crickets. Often it implies that the person who has been asked a question does not know the answer. Instead we hear “silence” or the sound of chirping crickets, … Continue reading →

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Training hard when you run and ride? Not in comparison to a crappy summer job.

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Monte Wehrkamp in response to a shared post by Christopher Cudworth Today’s article begins with an hilarious post from a blogger at the site: It’sAlwaysSunnyRunning.com. I read her posts regularly and this one was particularly funny and true, about … Continue reading →

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Nighthawks

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

Nighthawks by Christopher Cudworth There really is a bird called a nighthawk. They are in the same family of birds as whip-poor-wills, marked with exceptionally cryptic coloration so that when they sit still on a branch or on the ground, … Continue reading →

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Chain reactions

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth Chain reactions Cyclists know there is no more important component on the bike than the bike chain. Along with the crankset it is the primary device that propels you. A rusted chain slows you down. A busted … Continue reading →

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Share the Road. Who, me?

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth I have an ugly little confession to make. No, it’s not that I look dopey in this picture. It’s that I hate sharing the road with some kinds of cyclists as much as you do. C’mon, admit … Continue reading →

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Screaming serenity

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

As it crept into the vernacular as an enticing notion of mind control, the idea of zen thought has been twisted and turned into just about anything a person wants to call it. The Urban Dictionary defines zen this way: One … Continue reading →

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Trying not to ride off the Cultural Shelf

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth On the western edge of the sprawling Chicago Metropolis is an ancient ridge of gravel deposited by receding glaciers 10,000 years ago. Most people who live in region seem to have no sense of this geological fact, … Continue reading →

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How running and riding help conquer your fears

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth Fear is the emotion that too commonly keeps people from reaching their potential in all phases of life. We fear failure. We fear success. We fear rejection. We fear lack of will. We fear the unknown. We … Continue reading →

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The antithesis of fitness

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Christopher Cudworth

By Christopher Cudworth Having spent all of my life exercising my brains and guts out, running so far and so long that my body almost evaporated several times in the heat, it can be hard at times to pause and … Continue reading →

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